Hall's Great Discovery Promises Kidney Cure in Texas Ad
An 1896 Bartlett gratitude letter endorses Hall's Great Discovery from Waco Texas claiming cures for kidney and bladder troubles. The ad promotes mail order availability for 1 cent and notes local sale in Barnesville and Bartlett with a mayoral testimonial. The letter is dated September 3 1896 and signed by E W Hall and R W Thompson mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
E. W. HA T
P. O. Box
Waco
Texas
W. A. Wright
Barnesville
Bartlett
Tex
E. W. Hall
R. W. Thompson
How to Look Good Through Healthful Living
An old advertisement states that good looks come from healthy organs. It claims bilious, dyspeptic, or pinched appearances reflect liver, stomach, or kidney issues. It promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic purifying blood and improving complexion, sold by W A Wright's Drug Store at 50 cents per bottle.
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W. A. Wright
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve Praised By Lewisville Man
E C Blanks of Lewisville Texas writes that a single box of DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve was worth 50 dollars to him. It cured piles ten years standing and he recommends others try it. It also cures eczema skin diseases and obstinate sores. Dr W A Wrienr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Blanks
Lewisville
Texas
DeWitt
W. A. Wrienr
Visit to Puerto Rico inspires sketches of daily life
In Ponce and surrounding areas soldiers trade souvenirs with Spanish troops and locals. The writer observes refined Porto Rican women, cordial manners, and graceful dancing. General Miles and officers are welcomed at a reception with Sousa and native music, ending with an unfamiliar rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ponce
Miles
Wilson
New York
America
Sousa
T. D. Walker
Harper’s Weekly
Castoria Mentioned in Slogan Ad and Testimonial
Bob Moore of Lafayette Indiana endorses De Witt s Little Early Risers for constipation noting they never gripe. The ad cites Castoria claims and references Dr W A Wricit as the physician.
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Bob Moore
Lafayette
Ind
de Witt
The Smoking Habit
The New York World notes that five billion cigars and 3.75 billion cigarettes were consumed in the last fiscal year. With 25 million smoking aged males, about 200 cigars and 150 cigarettes per man imply many non-smokers exist and smokers are not excessive. Cigars rose 850 million while cigarettes fell 400 million, possibly linked to bicycles reducing book sales and cigarette use.
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United States
New York World
Friendship and the value of true friends
The passage extols friendship as a noble bond that preserves freedom and independence while offering affection and guidance. It contrasts genuine friendship with possessive attachment, notes gendered patterns, and emphasizes humility, equality, and mutual support across ages.
Aunt Jane Quote on Friendship and Courtesy
A sentimental note from Aunt Jane in Home and Farm urges loving service cheerful sympathy and frank tenderness. It promotes making new friends to gain wisdom and experience through gentle courtesies and uplifting exchanges.
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Jane
An Uncertain Disease And Browns Iron Bitters Claim
The article discusses dyspepsia as highly uncertain in nature and notes that Browns' Iron Bitters cures it. It claims the tonic is invaluable for stomach blood and nerve diseases and states it is sold by all dealers.
Wedding Woes At Episcopal Rectory
On a stormy night in the city a bride, exhausted from travel, could not answer the minister during the vow scene. The groom urged her aloud with a stage whisper, then she finally spoke only the single word yes, ending the moment with humor.
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Eliza
Liza
DeWitts Little Early Risers Promise Quick Liver Help
An advertising notice touts DeWitts Little Early Risers as a quick cure for sick headache biliousness constipation and all liver and stomach troubles. The pills are described as pleasant to take and never purile with a testimonial from Dr W A Wriaut.
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W. A. Wriaut
Dead Letter Law in Georgia Weights and Measures
In Georgia code sections 16 6 and 1638 the ordinary must provide standard weights and measures and merchants must test and seal them. Violations could be grand jury cases and, if charged for unmeasured goods, the debtor paid only three fourths of the bill, with no payment prior to 1893.
Gentle Eye Massage Advice from Healthy Home Editorial
The piece urges against rubbing eyes with rough force and recommends a gentle massage technique used by John Quincy Adams. It explains placing thumb and forefinger on each eyelid and rubbing toward the nose to boost circulation, reduce floaters, and prevent lens flattening. A daily 10 to 15 minute routine is suggested for all ages.
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John Quincy Adams
Farmers of Pike County Buy Fertilizers via Southern Phosphate Works
Notes for collection are held at Barnesville Savings Bank from Southern Phosphate Works Ma con Ga. The firm sold more than half the county's fertilizers this year at lower prices than other suppliers. Prompt settlement is urged. Hunt & Busm Barnesville Ga Sept 5 1898.
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Southern Phosphate Works
Macon
Barnesville Savings Bank
Southern Phosphate
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. W. Hightower
Georgia
Dr. Muffet
C.J. Moffeti
M. D
St. Louis
Zena
the Gazette
Puerto Rico
Castoria
Iik
W. A. Wricit
faiKiller
Perry Davis & Son
Pitts
John Wallet
Jefferson
Wis
Dr. Miles
Miles Medical CO
Elihart, Ind
Parker
Yebig Company
WIE Big CO
Sore €Ral
RYCO
Savannah
Central of Georgia Railway
Ocean Steamship Company
Boston
Merchants and Miners
Baltimore
Marc
J.C. Haile
E. H. Hinton
Trafic
Savannah, Ga
Pike County
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